piled

[ pahyld ]

/ paɪld /

adjective

having a pile, as velvet and other fabrics.

Origin of piled

1400–50; late Middle English: covered with hair; see pile³, -ed³

Words nearby piled

pile-on, pilea, pileate, pileated, pileated woodpecker, piled, pileolated, pileolated warbler, pileous, pileous gland, piles

Definition for piled (2 of 3)

pile ¹

[ pahyl ]

/ paɪl /

noun

an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other: a pile of papers; a pile of bricks.

Informal. a large number, quantity, or amount of anything: a pile of work.

a heap of wood on which a dead body, a living person, or a sacrifice is burned; pyre.

a lofty or large building or group of buildings: the noble pile of Windsor Castle.

Informal. a large accumulation of money: They made a pile on Wall Street.

a bundle of pieces of iron ready to be welded and drawn out into bars; fagot.

reactor(def 4).

Electricity. voltaic pile.

verb (used with object), piled, pil·ing.

to lay or dispose in a pile (often followed by up): to pile up the fallen autumn leaves.

to accumulate or store (often followed by up): to pile up money; squirrels piling up nuts against the winter.

to cover or load with a pile: He piled the wagon with hay.

verb (used without object), piled, pil·ing.

to accumulate, as money, debts, evidence, etc. (usually followed by up).

Informal. to move as a group in a more or less confused, disorderly cluster: to pile off a train.

to gather, accumulate, or rise in a pile or piles (often followed by up): The snow is piling up on the roofs.

Origin of pile

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin pīla pillar, mole of stone

SYNONYMS FOR pile

1 collection, heap, mass, accumulation, stack, mound, batch.

Definition for piled (3 of 3)

pile ²

[ pahyl ]

/ paɪl /

noun

a cylindrical or flat member of wood, steel, concrete, etc., often tapered or pointed at the lower end, hammered vertically into soil to form part of a foundation or retaining wall.

Heraldry. an ordinary in the form of a wedge or triangle coming from one edge of the escutcheon, from the chief unless otherwise specified.

Archery. the sharp head or striking end of an arrow, usually of metal and of the form of a wedge or conical nub.

verb (used with object), piled, pil·ing.

to furnish, strengthen, or support with piles.

to drive piles into.

Origin of pile

before 1000; Middle English; Old English pīl shaft < Latin pīlum javelin

Example sentences from the Web for piled

He piled 125 people into the back of his plane and lifted off.

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The bodies had been piled onto dry branches and logs, doused in gasoline, and set afire.

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On my first visit to Khuzaa I found two ammunition vests around the corner from the bathroom where six bodies were piled.

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Tucked away antique shops are piled floor-to-ceiling with dusty relics.

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The room was piled high with boxes containing the priceless tickets for Gatecrasher Balls.

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At only two of the windows, however, could a level view be obtained; the two others were completely blocked by piled up snow.

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On the left, where the hedges and the avenue were not so thick, the waggons were piled one upon another to make a barrier.

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So mounts of ice, that polar heavens invade, Tho piled unseen thro night's long wintry shade.

The Columbiad |Joel Barlow
Gray and Ben Gunn came and went with the boat, while the rest, during their absences, piled treasure on the beach.

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Over rawhide trunks and the disused cradle and still-crib was now piled the salvage of a wealthy household.

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British Dictionary definitions for piled (1 of 3)

pile ¹

/ (paɪl) /

noun

a collection of objects laid on top of one another or of other material stacked vertically; heap; mound

informal a large amount of money (esp in the phrase make a pile)

(often plural) informal a large amount a pile of work

a less common word for pyre

a large building or group of buildings

short for voltaic pile

physics a structure of uranium and a moderator used for producing atomic energy; nuclear reactor

metallurgy an arrangement of wrought-iron bars that are to be heated and worked into a single bar

the point of an arrow

verb

(often foll by up) to collect or be collected into or as if into a pile snow piled up in the drive

(intr; foll by in, into, off, out, etc) to move in a group, esp in a hurried or disorganized manner to pile off the bus

pile arms to prop a number of rifles together, muzzles together and upwards, butts forming the base

pile it on informal to exaggerate

Word Origin for pile

C15: via Old French from Latin pīla stone pier

British Dictionary definitions for piled (2 of 3)

pile ²

/ (paɪl) /

noun

a long column of timber, concrete, or steel that is driven into the ground to provide a foundation for a vertical load (a bearing pile) or a group of such columns to resist a horizontal load from earth or water pressure (a sheet pile)

heraldry an ordinary shaped like a wedge, usually displayed point-downwards

verb (tr)

to drive (piles) into the ground

to provide or support (a structure) with piles

Word Origin for pile

Old English pīl, from Latin pīlum

British Dictionary definitions for piled (3 of 3)

pile ³

/ (paɪl) /

noun

textiles

the yarns in a fabric that stand up or out from the weave, as in carpeting, velvet, flannel, etc
one of these yarns

soft fine hair, fur, wool, etc

Word Origin for pile

C15: from Anglo-Norman pyle, from Latin pilus hair

Medical definitions for piled

pile

[ pīl ]

n.

A hemorrhoid.

Idioms and Phrases with piled

pile

In addition to the idioms beginning with pile

pile into
pile up

also see:

make a bundle (pile)

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verb (used without object), piled, pil·ing.

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noun

verb (used with object), piled, pil·ing.

verb (used without object), piled, pil·ing.

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verb (used with object), piled, pil·ing.

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